(AP) --  Andrew Luck threw for 287 yards and four
touchdowns, leading fifth-ranked Stanford past No. 12 Virginia Tech
40-12 in the Orange Bowl on Monday night.

Stanford (12-1) earned its first bowl win in 14 years and likely
will end the season ranked in the top 5 for the first time since
the unbeaten 1940 team finished No. 2. The Cardinal's success comes
only four years after they went 1-11 and hired coach Jim Harbaugh
to lead a turnaround.

 Virginia Tech (11-3), playing in a bowl game for the 18th
consecutive year, fell to 1-27 against top-5 teams.

Stanford threw a completion for a bizarre safety and blew two
extra points, but overcame those mistakes with six plays gaining
more than 30 yards. Two came in succession on a two-play, 97-yard
"drive," and the Cardinal outscored Tech 27-0 in the second half.

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